Wrapper for packages of cigarettes and the like



Feb. 8, 1944. R. c. ADAMS 2,341,415

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INVENTdR foal/Pr CAM/14d ATTO NEYS Patented Feb. 8, 1944 WRAPPER FOR PACKAGES OF CIGARETTES AND THE LIKE Robert 0. Adams, Springfield, Mass, assignor to The Marvellum Company, Holyoke, Mass, a corporation of Massachusetts Application June 10, 1942, Serial N0. 446,440

4 Claims. (Cl. 229-87) This invention relates to the combination wrap for packages of tobacco, cigarettes, candy bars, and the like, and has for its object the provision of an inexpensive and efiective wrap which will have a similar appearance to a more expensive wrap.

It has been customary heretofore to enclose packages of cigarettes with an inner Wrap of metal foil, said foil being lined with a relatively inexpensive sheet of paper, and the two being designed for being folded around the package for completely enclosing the same. It also has been customary to superimpose on this inner wrap a label wrap either as a band or in the form of a folded cup, the former leaving exposed the folded portions of the inner wrap at both ends of the package, and the latter leaving exposed only one folded end portion of the inner wrap.

At the present day because of war needs, metal foil for commercial uses has become diflicult, if not impossible to obtain, and substitutes are being sought for said inner foil wrap. On the other hand, manufacturers of such commercial products as have been wrapped in the manner above described, are desirous of changing the appearance of their packages as little as possi ble, and at the same time provide a wrap having protective qualities equal to those of the previous foil wrap.

The present invention is designed to aocmplish these ends in addition to that of providing a less expensive wrap than the foil wrap heretofore used. In general, this is accomplished by taking for the inner wrap an inexpensive paper sheet of suitable flexibility and toughness for use as a wrapper, and applying to the same different kinds of coating material at diiIerent areas thereof, viz. that portion of the inner wrap which will have its folded ends exposed beyond the outer label will be coated with material resembling metal foil. Such material is readily available on the market, its principal ingredient-being zinc sludge. A coating of this material applied to the entire area of the sheet would be unduly expensive. A coating of less expensive material which will serve equally well for the unexposed area of the sheet is a wax coating, Viz. a material in which wax constitutes a relatively important part of its composition. The presence of the wax ingredient in the composition imparts to the coating a shiny and slippery characteristic very similar to that of the foil-resembling coating of the inner wrap whereby when the sheet is completely covered by both coatings it can be handled in the usual wrapping machines for said packages with the same facility as the former paper-lined foil sheets.

The two coatings should be applied to the sheet in such a manner as to constitute in eifect one continuous coating over its area ,and serving to impart protective characteristics to the sheet thatwould not be present in the ordinary uncoated sheet. For best results the separately applied coatings, one resembling the foil and the other having a wax base, should he applied to the sheet with equal thickness so as to provide a finished sheet having a substantial uniformity of thickness and flexibility. This characteristic is also important so that the sheet may be handled properly in the wrapping machine.

Referring to the drawing,

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a wrapped package enclosed by the combination wrap of this invention; and

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the inner sheet of said wrap preparatory to being folded about the package.

In said drawing, the sheet as a whole is indicated at I, with longitudinal border portions at 2 and 3 and an intermediate portion at 4. The border portions 2 and 3 are each coated by any one of the usual processes for coating paper, with a material which has the appearance of metal foil, such coating material having as one of its principal ingredients zinc sludge. The remaining area of the sheet I, indicated at 4, is coated with a wax coating of the same thickness of that of the coatings at 2 and 3, The wax coating is not necessarily one consisting solely of wax but of a material in which wax is the characteristic ingredient.

In the wrapped package shown in Fig. 1, 5 indicates the outer label or band which as shown exposes both ends of the inner sheet I, the upper folded portion of which appears at 2. 6 indicates the usual revenue stamp placed on these packages. It will be understood that in some cases the band 5 may be cup-shaped for enclosing all of the package except for one upper end portion 2. For use with such a cup-shaped bandonly one of the border portions 2 and 3 need be coated with the foil coating, the entire remaining portion of the sheet being then coated with the wax coating.

I claim:

1. A combination wrap for a package comprising inner and outer paper sheets, the inner sheet being adapted for completely enclosing the package with folded end portions, the outer sheet being adapted to serve as a label for said package and arranged when wrapped around the same to expose one of the end portions of said inner Wrap, said inner sheet having its exposed end portion coated with foil-resembling material and its remaining surface coated with different material, the separately applied coatings on said inner sheet being of the same thickness whereby there is provided for said inner sheet throughout its area a substantial uniformity in thickness and flexibility.

2. A combination wrap for a package comprising inner and outer paper sheets, the inner sheet being adapted for completely enclosing the package with folded end portions the outer sheet being adapted to serve as a label for said package and arranged when wrapped around the sameto expose both of the end portions of said inner wrap, said inner sheet having its exposed end portions coated with foil-resembling material and its remaining surface coated with difierent material, the separately applied coatings on said inner sheet being of the same thickness whereby there is provided for saidinner sheet throughout its area a substantial uniformity in thickness and flexibility.

3. A Wrapper for use as the inner protective member of a double-wrap in which the inner member completely encloses the package and the outer member serves as a label leaving portions of the inner member exposed, said wrapper comprising a sheet of paper provided with a coating of protective foil-resembling material on the portions to be exposed, the remaining portions being provided with a coating of a difierent protective material, said two materials forming a continuous coating of substantially uniform thickness and flexibility over the entire surface of the Wrapper.

LA wrapper for use as the inner protective member of a double-wrap in which the inner member completely encloses the package and the outer member serves as a label leaving portions of the inner member exposed, said Wrapper comprising a sheet of paper provided with a, protective coating of which the characteristic ingredient, is zinc sludge on the portions to be exposed, the remaining portions being provided with a protective coating of which wax is the characteristic ingredient, said two coatings forming a continuous film of substantiallyuniform thickness and flexibility over the entire surface of the wrapper.

ROBERT C. ADAMS. 

